Apparatus to aid in writing on unruled paper



(No Model.)

E. P. GLASOOGK.

v APPARATUS T0 AID IN WRITING ON UNRULED PAPER. No. 394,849. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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EDIVARD PRICE GLASCOCK, OF RENSSEIIAER, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS TO AID IN WRITING ON UNRULED PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,849, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed March 22, 1888, Serial No. 268,098- (No model.)

To all whom it 112a concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD PRICE GLAS- COCK, of Rensselaer, in the county of Balls and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Apparatus to Aid in \Vriting upon Unruled Paper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus to aid in writing on unruled paper, whether it be across the sheet of paper diagonally or otherwise, by the aid of a shadow-line thrown from a thread onto the paper, on which it acts as a guide to the hand while writing.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus, shown in connection with a suitable lamp which may be used as a substitute for natural light. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the threads very close together, and also more widely separated in dotted lines 5 also, a sheet of paper upon which are indicated lines of shadow and lines which represent characters that have or may be made 011 unruled paper, the main object being to illustrate how the shadow of a thread may be utilized to produce a line and form a guide for the production of characters or writing of varying widths in any direction upon unruled paper.

Herelofore penmen in writing or making up fancy charts, resolutions, and the like, have been obliged to rule the paper and prepare it for their work with a pencil, and on the completion of the work the pencil-marks would be erased. 'lhe erasure leaves the surface of the paper rough and blurred, which, together with the waste of time in ruling the lines, were defects in the old method of ruling that are avoided by the use of my invention.

A in the drawings is a thread of line wire or other substance. B B are the standards; 0 O, the bases.

In the base C, I prefer to form an ink-cell, it being nearest the right hand, but being sut'ficiently heavy to prevent its easy removal. It is also provided with a guide-piece, a, to keep the paper in line with the thread, so

- that when the paper is moved forward it will retain its relative position. Standard 0 may also be provided with a like guide, a, and, if preferred, the standard may form a lampsupport, with the lamp erected thereon, as, for instance, a student lamp. A better effect in using the lamp is produced when the narrow side of the wick thereof is turned toward the thread, so that the light is concentrated thereonunaking the shadow-line clearer and sharper.

Usually when accurate or very fine writing is to be done on unruled paper two or three lines have to be drawn parallel to each other, but with my apparatus as many lines as may be deemed necessary can be thrown across the paper without the trouble of drawing them, and at such distance apart as may be required.

I-Iavin thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, is

1. An apparatus to aid writing in a straight line on unruled paper, comprising suitable standards, a thread carried by the same and adapted to'extend over and above the paper, and a guidepiece to hold the paper in the desired position relative to the thread, substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus to aid writing in a straight line on unruled paper, comprising the combination of suitable movable standards adapted to carry a thread to extend over and above the paper to be written upon and to throw a shadow upon the same, and one or more guide? pieces secured to or formed with the base of either or both standards, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. PRICE GLASCOCK.

lVitnesses:

H. E. PECK, OWEN E. DUFFY. 

